Are you a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or an individual in the latter stages of qualification with significant level of experience? Are you a strategic thinker, with good judgement and initiative and the ability to drive change?

Are you a highly driven accountant with strong attention to detail, who enjoys getting involved with the business to provide insightful, accurate and reliable reporting and analysis. This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys working within a fast-paced business, having the opportunity to develop their own ideas and add value.

Having acquired multiple businesses in the past year, the WorkNest team is growing fast, so we’re looking for a passionate and professional Management Accountant to join our Finance Team.

Why your role matters

The Management Accountant role is vital as we work through the wider strategic aim of bringing our different entities together. You’ll support in a high-performing finance function that provides significant value to the wider business, as well as playing an integral part in our growth as a business, ensuring that all reporting and compliance requirements of a finance function are achieved.

What you’ll be doing

The Management Accountant will take ownership for reporting and analysing financial activity across WorkNest, and act as a finance subject matter expert across the wider business.

You will have direct reports, which will provide not only line management experience but the opportunity to coach an individual through a key development phase of their finance career.

Where you’ll be working
This is a hybrid role with an office base in Aldford (a minimum of two days per week in the office, with the rest of the week remote). That way, you’ll be able to work collaboratively with colleagues to effectively deliver our services, while also having some quieter time to focus on your workload without distraction.

What’s in it for you

£35,000 - £45,000 (dependent on experience and qualifications), plus an attractive company benefits package, including:

• Health Cash plan
• Life Assurance
• Up to £15 per month fitness subsidence
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Auto Enrolment Pension contributions after 3 months service
• Birthday Day off
• VITO Days – up to 2 days per holiday year paid volunteering
• Free Will writing service
• EAP & Wellbeing services
• 25 days holiday, rising every year on your work anniversary, up to 28-days

Who we are

WorkNest is a fast-growing professional support company specialising in delivering high-quality Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety advice supported by technology.

Our 500 colleagues (split over 12 locations) support over 40,000 clients and their 600,000 employees across UK and Ireland. Our clients range from small, 10-employee businesses to large organisations employing thousands of people. Some of our more well-known clients include the Peter Jones' group of companies, Holland and Barratt and Oxford University.

We’re known for our personalised, high-quality support and pragmatic, commercially-minded approach – as well as being a great place to work.

Up for the challenge?

If you share our values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion, please use the purple ‘apply now’ button to begin your application. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.

Alternatively, if you’re not ready to apply just yet but would like some more information, please feel free to email careers@worknest.com

WorkNest is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and ensuring that everyone – job applicants, customers and anyone else we deal with – is treated fairly and not subjected to discrimination. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse workforce and will do whatever is necessary to provide genuine equality of opportunity.

Closing date: 22nd May 2023 (we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, the advert may end before the closing date).